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Hotels in the French eastern Pyrenees will have to re-use swimming pool maintenance water.

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Video. Pyrenees drought: Bathtubs and ice buckets restricted to save water

Updated: 12/04/2024 - 7:01 GMT+2

A three-year-long drought in the French eastern Pyrenees is forcing the district to take further action to conserve water.

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